Fernando Meisenhalter

Bernie Sanders and the Return of the Left Fernando Meisenhalter

We live at the doorstep of a major political reversal in the United States, and indeed around the planet. Over half a century ago, governments were generally more effective at ruling, and also better at dispensing justice, providing for the needy, dealing with dissent, and curbing economic inequality. Today, however, a growing social unrest is telling us that current rulers have long strayed from this traditional role. As a result, a dark, impatient political storm seems to be brewing today in most parts of the world, with voters already engaged in an "anti-establishment" trend that is rattling internal politics, "jumping" traditional leaders and institutions, and only too happy to elect new candidates previously regarded as "outsiders." This is the same wave that is propelling the rise today of Bernie Sanders as a major political figure in the US. Financially hijacked by large banks for decades, and facing an imminent financial catastrophe, America is already part of this broad and global political shift, with the vast economic inequalities feeding its own "anti-establishment" insurgency. In the near future such mobilizations will push America towards a complete political reversal, and, eventually, a decisive shift to the Left. Beliefs such as the infallibility of "free markets" and the sanctity of the private sector, today rock-solid dogma almost everywhere, will soon be replaced by an opposite set of certainties. Read this timely and engaging study on the rise of Bernie Sanders and of the current global wave of protests using solid data and up-to-date research. A perfect read also for anyone interested in comprehensive approaches towards long-term historical cycles, and the forecasting of future social and political trends.